News from August 2021
Multivitamins lack 'essential' vitamins, class action says
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A class action lawsuit against SmartyPants alleges the company's multivitamins are not all they're cracked up to be.
Virginia judge set to decide whether Johnny Depp's defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard can proceed
FAIRFAX, Va. (Legal Newline) - A Virginia judge is set to decide whether Johnny Depp can go forward with a defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard.
Three Bradley Partners Named to 2021 Benchmark Top 250 Women in Litigation List
Three Bradley Partners Named to 2021 Benchmark Top 250 Women in Litigation List.
S. James Sarbanes named First Judicial Circuit administrative judge
Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera has appointed Judge S. James Sarbanes as the circuit administrative judge for the First Judicial Circuit, which includes Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester counties.
Judge permits lawsuit from people who expected tequila in Lime-A-Ritas
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Class action lawyers who sued Anheuser-Busch because Lime-A-Ritas don’t actually contain tequila have lost three of their four claims.
Netflix, Ava DuVernay can't escape defamation lawsuit over When They See Us
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – Linda Fairstein, the longtime head of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Sex Crimes Unit who oversaw the prosecution of the “Central Park Five,” has plausibly alleged defamation by a critically acclaimed Netflix series.
$87 million Roundup verdict stands despite 'clearly improper' conduct by plaintiffs lawyers
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A California appeals court rejected Bayer’s challenge to an $87 million award to a husband and wife who claimed they contracted non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma from spraying Roundup herbicide, saying the jury heard ample evidence to support findings the product not only causes cancer but that the conduct by Bayer’s Monsanto unit deserved punitive damages.
Girl bitten by wolf reaches settlement with Zoo New England
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) -- A mother who sued a Massachusetts zoo after her daughter was bitten by a wolf is asking for court approval of a $30,000 settlement.
Arkansas governor sued for ending extra unemployment benefits early
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline -- Five plaintiffs are suing Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson for ending several federally funded pandemic-related unemployment programs.
Court spikes injured volleyball ref's suit against school district
HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) - A volleyball referee came up scoreless after a Connecticut appeals court affirmed the dismissal of his lawsuit against the Newtown School District over injuries he suffered after his viewing platform collapsed.
Indiana politician can't sue his way back into office after anti-Semitic rant
INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - An Indiana politician who lost his seat after witnesses said he announced his membership in a neo-Nazi group and unleashed a racist and anti-Semitic tirade at a meeting of county officials also lost his bid to regain his position through the courts.
Judge caps opioid lawyer fees at %15 - unless they worked really hard
CLEVELAND (Legal Newsline) - The judge overseeing federal opioid litigation capped the contingency fees available to private lawyers representing state and local governments at 15% of a proposed $26 billion settlement fund, saying any more would be unreasonable.
Global Deal Maker Kwon Lee Joins BCLP Real Estate Team in New York Office
Global Deal Maker Kwon Lee Joins BCLP Real Estate Team in New York Office.
Mark Indelicato elected president of the New York Institute of Credit
Mark Indelicato elected president of the New York Institute of Credit.
Two Attorneys From the Boston Office Named to 2021 Massachusetts Super Lawyers List
Two Attorneys From the Boston Office Named to 2021 Massachusetts Super Lawyers List.
Cops left intoxicated man on side of road, face wrongful death liability after he's run over
TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) – A New Jersey police department might yet be found liable for the death of a man who wrecked his car and was left at the scene with a blood alcohol level of .209.
Judge doesn't take blind expert's word for it
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) – One of the thousands of companies facing a lawsuit from a blind plaintiff tried using a visually impaired expert of its own to show its website was accessible, but that strategy was rejected by a New York federal judge.
Nursing home wants COVID wrongful death lawsuit tossed
SHREVEPORT, La. (Legal Newsline) – A Louisiana nursing home blamed for a woman’s COVID death says the lawsuit should be thrown out or transferred to arbitration.
Gregg N. Sofer Joins Husch Blackwell's White Collar Team
Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that former U.S. Attorney Gregg Sofer has joined the firm as a partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Sofer’s arrival marks the third former U.S. Attorney to join the firm in 2021, following Tim Garrison in April and Jeff Jensen in January.
Maryland strengthens COVID-19 measures in courthouses amid Delta variant concerns
In response to updated COVID-19 guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera of the Maryland Court of Appeals has issued five revised administrative orders.